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Paul Gosar’s Hidden Message

November 14, 2019 at 11:16 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

If you read the first letter of all of Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) tweets yesterday, in reverse-chronological order, it spells “Epstein didn’t kill himself,” the Washington Post reports.

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Paul Gosar

Gosar Denies Climate Change Because of Photosynthesis

February 28, 2019 at 10:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has an interesting explanation for why he thinks climate change isn’t real, Axios reports.

Said Gosar: “Unfortunately you haven’t been taught about photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is where plants take carbon dioxide to produce oxygen. That’s a problem in today’s world. We haven’t taught kids exactly what’s going on in America and in science.”

Filed Under: Environment, Science Tagged With: Paul Gosar

Exchange of the Day

February 27, 2019 at 12:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

ABC News captured this exchange between Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Michael Cohen during today’s House Oversight Committee hearing:

GOSAR: You’re a pathological liar. You don’t know truth from falsehood.

COHEN: Sir, I’m sorry, are you referring to me or the President?

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: Michael Cohen, Paul Gosar


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Gosar Blames Obama for Rift With Siblings

September 25, 2018 at 9:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told KFYI-AM that former president Barack Obama was to blame for the feud with six of his siblings who made an advertisement backing his opponent in November’s election.

Said Gosar: “It always hurts, Mike. You know, blood is supposed to be thicker than water. But, you know, this actually details exactly what the left, what Barack Obama actually asked progressives to do, is to get into family and friends, in their face, and not let up.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: AZ-4, Paul Gosar

Gosar Lobbied for McCain’s Senate Seat

July 26, 2018 at 7:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A day after a December 2017 announcement that Sen. John McCain had been hospitalized for the ‘normal effects’ of cancer treatment, Arizona’s Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) was lobbying for McCain’s Senate seat,” the Arizona Republic reports.

“Gosar’s chief of staff, Thomas Van Flein, conveyed the northern Arizona congressman’s interest in replacing McCain to Gov. Doug Ducey… The brief text exchange began at 11:56 a.m. Dec. 14, less than 24 hours after news reports of McCain’s hospitalization in Bethesda, Maryland.”

Filed Under: Senate Tagged With: AZ-Sen, John McCain, Paul Gosar

Gosar Calls for Arrest of Undocumented SOTU Guests

January 30, 2018 at 3:02 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced on Twitter that he has asked the U.S. Capitol Police to check the identification of all State of the Union attendees and arrest any “illegal” immigrants.

Said Gosar: “Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress. Any illegal aliens attempting to go through security, under any pretext of invitation or otherwise, should be arrested and deported.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives, Immigration Tagged With: Paul Gosar

Gosar Says Charlottesville Was a Soros-Funded Conspiracy

October 6, 2017 at 1:37 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Vice that the participants in the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August may have been organized by an “Obama sympathizer” and funded by George Soros.

Said Gosar: “You know, you know George Soros is one of those people that actually helps back these individuals. Who is he? I think he’s from Hungary. I think he was Jewish. And I think he turned in his own people to the Nazis. Better be careful where we go with those.”

Filed Under: Race Tagged With: Paul Gosar

Flake May Get Primary Challenge

January 30, 2017 at 9:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told the Arizona Capitol Times that he may challenge Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in next year’s Republican primary.

“Flake’s frequent clashes with President Donald Trump throughout his 2016 campaign and into the early days of his presidency have earned him the enmity of many in the Republican base.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: AZ-Sen, Jeff Flake, Paul Gosar

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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